Former US Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday that history will hold
former US President Donald Trump '
accountable
' for his role in the 2021 assault on the Capitol, media reports Americans.
"
President Trump was wrong
," Pence, his former running mate, said in a speech at the Gridiron Dinner, a gala hosted by journalists attended by high-profile political figures.
“
I had no right to annul (the result of) the election.
And his reckless words endangered my family and everyone in the Capitol that day.
And I know that history will hold Donald Trump accountable
,” Pence said, as quoted by multiple media outlets.
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Among the thousands of protesters who took over the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, some had called for Pence to be hanged, forcing Trump's vice president to rush to a place of safety.
The remarks are sure to deepen the rift between the two politicians, who have been at loggerheads since Mike Pence refused to back Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result and stay in power.
Donald Trump has already made public his intention to run for a new term in the 2024 presidential election, and Mike Pence has indicated that he could challenge him for the nomination of the Republican Party.
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